Wow…Molten Monday lives up to its name!

12-30-24. 4:30pm. This update is brought to you by Dietz-McLean Optical. www.dmoptical.com

Yikes! I can’t believe these high temperatures this afternoon! This quote from the SA-Austin NWS sums things up…” Welcome to one of the warmest December days in recorded history across South-Central Texas.” I’m seeing lots of 90’s for highs and even 99 degrees along the border. I’ll post all of the records in the comment section of Facebook, but there will be lots!

4:45pm This post has been edited! New GFS run now has snow in it just like the Euro run! I have the new graphic posted below.

Now that we’ve discussed record highs, let’s do an update on our arctic outbreak next week. A day later and it’s still hard to nail down the models. The GFS and the CPC want to send the coldest air to our east and the Euro not only wants to send the extreme cold over Texas but continues to forecast snow along with the cold temperatures (8th through the 10th). For now, here’s what we can safely say…we have a decent front moving through tomorrow that will cool our lows into the 30’s and 40’s on New Year’s Day and Thursday with highs in the 50’s and 60’s. By Friday we will see our lows only in the 50’s and highs eventually reaching the 70’s by Sunday. On Monday the 6th, the first of several arctic fronts move through. As I mentioned yesterday, the big question is do we get a glancing blow or a direct hit? If we get a direct hit, as the EURO is suggesting, we could see two to three days where we don’t get above freezing!

As far as rain odds go, nothing in the net 7 days, but that could change late next week.

How warm did it get at your place and where?

Mark